So, this book exists: Almost Everybody Farts by author and illustrator Marty Kelley.
And it was a complete impulse buy randomly found on my favorite girl-time-shopping-spree website known as Zulily. I never buy anything but clothes here but when I saw a unicorn that appeared to be emitting a rainbow arc from its nether region, I knew I had a winner. After all, I have a daughter who thinks Youtube’s Nyan Cat is the greatest thing ever. If you have young children, you probably know of Nyan Cat. For those of you who don’t, it’s a cat with a Pop-Tart body who shoots out rainbows from its behind – and that’s about it: a poorly generated graphic set to obnoxious music on a loop. And kids love it.
A unicorn is another of my daughter’s obsessions. There was no way I could pass up a book with a unicorn passing rainbow gas on the cover.
As soon as I showed my daughter the book I’d ordered, she began a nightly vigil, eagerly waiting for the postman. She wanted that book. Her excitement built. And when it finally arrived, the book didn’t disappoint.
I haven’t heard my daughter laugh that hard from a book in a long time. She was in hysterics. It put her in a maniacal laughing fit – you know the kind, when you positively cannot stop laughing. I’m pretty sure this was because I (mom) was reading it to her and if you read it, you’ll see why. You might wonder from the title: Almost Everybody? Who doesn’t? That’s the other reason she fell into hysterics.
Laughter is infectious. Read this to your kids and get ready to roll!
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Almost Everybody Farts
by Marty Kelley
